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Quote: Originally Posted by Steveau Can anyone on this site read English? "An Australian Senate committee investigating corporate tax avoidance is set to present transparency proposals on Monday." In other words this is the Australian parliamen…
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Quote: Originally Posted by dasanman69 The iMessage system should after a, or several failed attempts simply send a message via SMS instead of holding onto it. It's easy to say that, but it falls under the heading of "how a end user thinks…
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Quote: Originally Posted by AJMonline I might love my Apple products, but I am on the side that Apple screwed up on this one. Yes, they do not guarantee the delivery of messages, but there is an expectation that most of the message will go th…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Crowley Obviously a problem. Apple placed themselves as an intermediary to a public utility, and didn't have an effective handover strategy which meant a number of people were unable to properly use the public utilit…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Crowley Just because it contradicts your view doesn't mean the analogy doesn't work. But broadly, I agree; car analogies rarely work. Analogies in general aren't great for any close inspection. I'll second th…
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Quote: Originally Posted by RadarTheKat Okay, its flexible and transparent. But nobody but a surgeon wants to handle something one atom thick (it'd slice right through you), so there's going to have to be something the graphene is adhered to, p…
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Quote: Originally Posted by anantksundaram But the only -- and seriously annoying -- problem with that is, you cannot use your iPhone or iPad as a remote. You're stuck with the Apple remote. An AppleTV can be controlled by just about any IR…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Durandal1707 Again with the personal attacks, the surefire indicator of a weak argument. 1) Since my response to you was my first in the thread, there is no "again". 2) Despite your convenient failure to rec…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Durandal1707 That would be one thing if TB didn't double as the display port, or if TB supported a star topology. But as it is, connecting most TB devices permanently blocks you from ever connecting a display (barr…
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Quote: Originally Posted by BigMac2 We all create new, save or delete files every day on ours computer, after all the core function of an OS or DOS is to manage files and launch apps. If I remember well my computer history and how Apple "t…
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Quote: Originally Posted by DrPixel2 Okay, the only reason I am here is because a card popped up on my Google Now about this article. First off, it is incorrect because you didn't specify which carrier GS4 you tested. The true test would be aga…
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Quote: Originally Posted by fastasleep I don't think they're interchangeable at all, in fact the only times I hear people say "memory" when they mean storage is in error, i.e. they don't know what they're talking about. (NOT saying you don't!…
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Quote: Originally Posted by patpatpat The solid state drive you refer to, may use memory cell storage but these cells are not addressed in the same way as RAM. The interface that communicates with storage memory is file system block/sector ba…
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Quote: Originally Posted by BigMac2 I think most people wants things to be simpler, but I do also recognize how file managing is an important aspect of desktop computing that mobile computing wants to get rid of. As a long time Mac OS users,…
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Quote: Originally Posted by NeilM Memory = RAM Storage = Drive space The article wrongly uses these terms interchangeably, something I might expect my wife's Uncle Charlie to do, but not a tech site. That's not really accurate. It's an info…
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Quote: Originally Posted by K2kW Then Apple shouldn't have colluded with publishers. I'll take Amazon with their cheaper books. You object to the claimed "colluding" that would ensure that the pricing from Apple was less than or equal to t…
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Quote: Originally Posted by dasanman69 Sorry but I don't buy that. Apple has made a lot of money on that 'assumption', at this point they know people will pay more for a better product. I believe that in this case the 'product' isn't of a muc…
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Quote: Originally Posted by dasanman69 If that's the case then why push for the same price? Ostensibly because it removes the price factor from the equation. The assumption is that a consumer will [almost] always opt for what they deem the 'be…
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Quote: Originally Posted by EricTheHalfBee We shouldn't believe IBM. They said pretty much the same thing last year (iOS dominating Android for online sales on Black Friday). So? Why? The second statement doesn't support the first. You hav…
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Quote: Originally Posted by DarkLite Before people jump all over the lawyer for his fee, bear in mind that's split between six people. That's an hourly rate of under $200 per person, which makes it 12.5% of what a judge makes in a year. Lawyers…